The Radicant

The Radicant

If modernity warrants a return to the origin of art, then French curator<br>and art critic Nicolas Bourriaud is right when he claims that this is the<br>time to redefine the concept of -what is modern. Our century's<br>modernity will be invented, precisely, in opposition to all radicalism,<br>claims Bourriaud. So then, being radicant - from the Latin origin of<br> - roots - means setting one's roots in motion, transplanting behaviors,<br>and exchanging ideas rather than imposing them. Looking at the world<br>through his globalized prism of art, Bourriaud sketches a world art<br>criticism in which works are in constant dialog with the context from<br>which they reproduced.